REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DECLASSIFIED Authority State Letter Inhz By M, NART Date 2498 TICU Desp. No. 183 American Embassy, San José, April 19, 1948.
CONFIDENTIAL NATIONAL UNION: 1946 1950 term 1948 1952 term Majority report Dissenting Opinion 17 13 :21 19 21 VANGUARDIA. POPULAR: 1946 1950 term 1948 1952 term olan dan Total Congressional Membership: 54 54 Full translations of both reports are enclosed. Special attention is invited to the two tables pur porting to give final results of the voting, for the entire re public.
The fact that they have been ndoo tored heavily become apparent immediately when the total votes of the National Republloan and Vanguardia Popular parties, as given in these tables, are added. These give the following total s: Majority report: Nat Rep.
Van. Pop.
40, 984 12 353 33, 337 Nat Union (Opposition)
41, 211 Dissenting Opinion: Nat Rep.
Van. Pop.
32, 744 11, 764 44, 508 10, 032 Nat Union (Opposition)
When it is remembered that on the presidential tiokat the National Republioans and Vanguardia voted jointly for Dr. Calderon, the extent of the foregoing fraud be como immediately apparent.
Attention is especially invited to anolosure (page to de spatch No. 98, dated March 1, 1948, from this Embassy, which was a translation of the final report of the originai Electoral Tribunal. In this report, the National Union (Opposition) party was awarded a total of 54, 931 votes and the National Republican party was awarded 438 votes in so far as it concerned the presidential elections. Disregarding the votes certified as having been cast in the congressional elections for the four ghost parties, which amount to 1, 733 CONFIDENTIAL